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Barcelona ace Lionel Messi will be out for three weeks following his injury he sustained last Saturday in the La Liga game against Sevilla. A statement from Barcelona read: "Tests carried out on the first team player Leo Messi have confirmed that he has a fracture of the radial bone in his right arm." "He will be out for approximately three weeks." The five-time Ballon d'Or winner has been seen for the first time after sustaining a fracture in his right arm and he seems to be in good spirits. Barcelona will be back in action tomorrow (Wednesday), when they face Inter Milan in the Champions League. Both teams have six points from two games played so far. Messi will miss that and also El Clasico with Real Madrid due at Camp Nou on Sunday. Messi will likely be replaced by French winger Ousmane Dembele in the starting XI. Sunday's El Clasico will be the first game played between the two Spanish giants (Barcelona and Real Madrid) with neither Cristiano R

Messi's hot streak in the Champions League isn't stopping anytime soon. He hit a hat trick in Barcelona's 4-1 win over PSV Eindhoven on Matchday 1 and delivered a masterclass performance, scoring twice for Barcelona in a 4-2 victory over the Spurs on Matchday 2. Messi could have walked off the Wembley pitch with four goals yesterday as he hit the goal post twice. The Blaugrana captain's double strike against the Spurs took his all-time Champions League goal tally to 108, merely 13 behind Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentinian forward has now scored a remarkable 22 goals in 29 appearances against English clubs. Tottenham's manager, spellbound by his countryman's performance had the best to say about the iconic Barcelona No. 10. After the game, Pochettino said: "He's a fantastic player." "The most important thing is why Lionel Messi in every game shows why he is Messi. His average performance is this type of game, above everything else.&q